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Dr. Phillip Drew is a former military Intelligence Officer and Legal Officer in the Canadian Armed Forces.  Recently retired, he was Assistant Dean of JD Programs at Queen's Faculty of Law.  Prior to joining Queen's he was an Associate Professor at the Australian National University College of Law, where he taught from 2016-2020.

Dr. Drew’s principal area of study is the Law of Armed Conflict, with a specialization in Maritime Blockade Law, starvation as a method of warfare, and maritime security.  He is also a Qualified Expert with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

While in the Canadian Forces, Phillip was operationally deployed to the Persian Gulf War and Rwanda as an Intelligence Officer, and to CTF 150/151 as a deployed legal officer.  Following his retirement from the military in 2014 he was employed by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime where he assisted West African countries with the development of legislation for counter piracy, drug trafficking, human smuggling, and other forms of maritime crime.

Research Interests

• Maritime Blockade Law

• The Law of Armed Conflict

• Maritime Security Law

Recent Publications

• Drew, Phillip. The Law of Maritime Blockade: Past, Present, and Future (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017).

• Drew, P., Oswald, B., McLaughlin, R., & Farrall, J. (Eds.). Rwanda Revisited. (Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill | Nijhoff, 2021).

• Mandsager, D., Cole, A., Drew, P., McLaughlin, R., Newport Rules of Engagement Handbook (Newport, US Naval War College, 2022).

• Phillip J Drew, Blockade? A Legal Assessment of the Maritime Interdiction of Yemen’s Ports, Journal of Conflict and Security Law, Volume 24, Issue 1, Spring 2019, Pages 35–52.

• Phillip J. Drew, Can We Starve the Civilians? Exploring the Dichotomy between the Traditional Law of Maritime Blockade and Humanitarian Initiatives, International Law Studies, Volume 302, 2019, pages 303-321.

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